If you are seeking a complement to your current education with a good dose of Women’s Studies, then check out these eye-opening blogs. Some of these blogs invite active participation from leaders, while some focus on society and politics, and others offer a look at specific interests within Women’s Studies. Find blogs about feminism in art, blogs from academia, and blogs that express a strong passion to affect change resulting in equality for all.

Women’s Studies: An Open Discussion

These blogs all invite open discussion on the topics at hand–in a respectful manner, of course.

1. Alas, a blog. This collaborative blog promotes discussion on topics that are mostly feminist and left-of-center.
2. Small Strokes Fell Big Oaks. Join in the dialogue on this blog that focuses on human rights for everyone, with a special interest in feminism.
3. Womanist Musings. The posts here are sure to spark discussion as Renee expresses her opinion on a variety of topics, including school segregation by gender, race issues, women in sports, and more.
4. Feminist Review. The bloggers here share views to promote anti-oppression of all people and invite discussion on this blog.
5. Feministing. Feministing provides a place for young women to speak on their own behalf on issues that affect them.
6. Feminist Critics. On the other side of the discussion, this blog is devoted to analyzing and perhaps, deconstructing, feminist ideas, especially those inaccurately portraying the male role. Feminists are invited to participate in the discussions through the comments, with the option of joining in the "No Hostility" threads.
7. Bitch Ph.D.. This popular blog is heavy on leftist feminism and welcomes comments and discussion from those with all viewpoints on her topics.
8. Shakesville. Shakesville offers insight on several topics relevant to women, including violence against women, politics, pop culture, and much more.
9. Radical Readers & Feminisms for Dummies. This blog is the official blog for an online book group of feminist bloggers reading and discussing feminist literature. Tune in to see what they are reading–and what they have to say.

Women, Society, and Politics

These blogs cover the role, and often, the portrayal of women in society and politics. Some of these blogs tend more toward the political, while others focus more on the social aspect.

10. Intute Blog. This Women’s Studies blog from Intute covers topics such as women and politics, women’s writing, and examples of powerful women making their mark on society.
11. Girl, Get Me Started!. Covering everything from empowerment to health care to politics, this blog discusses it all.
12. Danine Spencer. Danine’s blog is political in nature with recent posts touching on health care, young women being used as a vehicle for selling guns to old men, climate change, and smart women in science fields.
13. The Undomestic Goddess. Body image, pop culture, and climate change have all made their way on this blog recently.
14. The Consequences of a Naked Foot. This young woman posts about dating a feminist, body image and what it means, and more.
15. An Open Letter by a Feminist. This feminist writes letters to a variety of people through her blog. These letters may have you chuckling, but the matters are rooted in serious issues.
16. Pandagon. Politics play heavily in this blog that highlights feminist issues in the news.
17. I Blame the Patriarchy. Don’t let the humor in this blog fool you. This "gentleman farmer and spinster aunt" is writing about serious business.
18. Viva la Feminista. Discover the sisterhood of feminism within the posts here that sound like an awesome big sister imparting the lessons of the world.
19. The F-Word. Get your daily dose of "contemporary UK feminism" from this blog.

Passionate Feminists

These bloggers share their passion for feminism in their blogs. If you are offended by strong language or what may be difficult subject matter for some, then you may want to move carefully among these blogs.

20. Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog. Learn the basics of what feminism is about, along with reading about topics such as gendered language and living in a rape culture.
21. Daisy’s Dead Air. Feminism, politics, agism, and more are what Daisy writes about on this blog.
22. Feministe. One of the oldest feminist blogs, this one features posts on a wide variety of topics affecting women.
23. Echidne of the Snakes. The portrayal of women in the news and treatment of women around the world are but two of the broad topics covered in this blog.
24. Fetch me my axe. Body size, a woman’s right to say "no," and health care have all made the cut on this blog.
25. Menstrual Poetry. Politics at the far left play heavily in these posts, as do feminist topics.
26. I Blame the Mother. These mamas point out all the insane news articles blaming or otherwise vilifying moms.
27. Morrigan Reborn. This Irish woman and rape survivor often blogs about politics, rape, and inequalities she sees in society.

Feminism and Specific Interests

From disabilities to race to body acceptance to women in the media, these feminist blogs focus on specific interests.

28. FWD/Forward. A blog written by and about feminists with disabilities, the posts here will open your eyes to many issues about which you may not have been aware.
29. The Angry Black Woman. The Angry Black Woman (actually three women bloggers) is out to defeat the sexism and racism seen so often, including in health care.
30. Criss Writes…. While Criss writes about many timely topics, she is especially involved in the the pro-choice movement and what it means for women.
31. Feminists with Female Sexual Dysfunction. This blogger touches on current news topics surrounding feminism as well as providing information about physical female sexual problems.
32. Body Impolitic. Laurie Toby Edison shares her insight about the Body Acceptance movement on her blog.
33. The Brodsky Blog. Linda Brodsky blogs about women in medicine as a part of her goal to eliminate gender discrimination in medicine.
34. My Private Casbah. Perhaps having a serious health issue has influenced what this blogger writes about, but her readers benefit as she posts mostly about health rights with gender and race equality also showing their faces.
35. Our Bodies Ourselves. Read about women’s health issues in this blog.
36. Feminism/Popular Culture. A recent graduate with a Master’s degree in Women’s and Gender Studies, Cortney blogs about the portrayal of women in popular culture.
37. reappropriate. This woman posts about news stories and events that involve injustices to women and Asian-Americans.
38. WIMN’s Voices. This blog features the work of 50 women blogging on the media coverage of women and what is being said about them.
39. Feminist Finance. A feminist blog about finance, these posts cover important topics on money and women.
40. Deeply Problematic. Rachel McCarthy James examines and analyzes the "treatment of problematized bodies in society and the media" in her blog.

Women and the Arts

These blogs combine feminism and science fiction, pop culture, and the right to free speech.

41. Feminist SF. The women here write about feminism in science fiction with a look at literature, movies, and more.
42. Adventures of a Young Feminist. This young woman writes about pop culture and its reflection of the societal values about women.
43. Feminists for Free Expression. These women are supporting their First Amendment right to say what they want without government intervention.

Academic Blogs

From a brainy online cocktail party to Women’s Studies students, these blogs come from academia.

44. Professor, What If…?. This blogging professor takes a look at popular culture and education to expose the injustices of the world.
45. Cocktail Party Physics. These women demonstrate how smart doesn’t have to equal nerdy. Join the cocktail party on this blog for a serving of pop culture with your science.
46. ACRL Women’s Studies Section Blog. This blog is devoted to discussions on issues surrounding Women’s Studies librarianship and scholarship.
47. A Blog of Our Own. This blog is written and maintained by the students of the Women’s Studies Program at The University of Akron.
48. SJSU Women’s Studies. While many of the posts here are specific to events at San Jose State University, there are also many posts that offer news and other information related to Women’s Studies.
49. Women’s Studies Liblog. This blog from the University of Connecticut covers news, events, books, conferences, and more.
50. Sociology and Women’s Studies Blog. The librarian for Sociology and Women’s Studies at University of Western Ontario blogs about news, collections, and services that are of interest to those teaching and researching in these two fields.